The media’s different standards of treatment of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) and Senate candidate Caroline Kennedy are emblematic of an insular mentality that values Ivy League degrees are a good pedigree of qualifications, The Corner’s Victor Davis Hanson declares. Palin was undoubtedly more qualified than Kennedy, though stories in the New York Times and Washington Post would have never been as favorable as they’ve been to Kennedy, Mark Hemingway adds.